单词 | yuck factor |
释义 | > as lemmasyuck factor yuck factor n. a feeling of horror, revulsion, or disgust generated by an idea, action, situation, etc.; the cause or extent of this. ΚΠ 1983 Observer 4 Sept. 44/7 The yuk-factor from last week's World Series was even more emetic. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 6 [He] is not surprised by the yuck factor, but believes the public will come to perceive it is reasonable to use aborted foetuses as a source of donor eggs. 1997 Times (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 27 June d1 Much of the movie is cartoonishly violent, mythologically gory—Hades' evildoing has a high yuck factor. 2009 S. Milloy Green Hell iv. 73 Water recycling is problematic even aside from the ‘yuck’ factor of drinking purified sewage. < as lemmas |
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